Jags’ Travis Hunter moving to defense after wowing on offense at rookie camp

After spending two days working only in the duration of the receiver, Jacksonville’s rookie mini -family, the Travis Hunter star will move to the other side of the ball next week.

Coach Liam Coen said on Saturday that Hunter will begin to obtain tetitions in defense when the team reclosed for conditioning out of season. You should prepare the scenario for the activities of organized team duration of Hunter.

“You can integrate next week on the defensive side of the ball,” Coen said. “It will start shooting in defense.”

He is already rolling in the offensive. Hunter Caht almost every ball made way about two days along rookie companions. And the few routes or results that did not come out in their own way? Well, Hunter returned to the front of the line to rebuild.

“The organization awaits me a lot,” said Hunter. “They expect me to come here and play immediately. I’m going to do whatever I will take me to play immediately.”

The Jaguars changed three points, giving a second round selection, a first round next year and more for this to happen, to select Hunter with the second general selection in the NFL 2025 draft last month. It gives the franchise more power of stars than in decades, maybe ever.

Fans packed a small professional store outside the practice field and waited in deep lines to buy their shirt No. 12. The Heisman trophy winner has his own YouTube channel, illuminates rooms with his smile and raises the game of all those around him. He did it at High School in Georgia and did it again at the University in Jackson State and Colorado.

The Jaguars anticipate the trend that continues despite the 6 feet frame 1 and 185 pounds of Hunter. The practice of Coen’s eyes on Friday when Hunter’s heel escaped a route, and did not decrease or deviate a little.

“He made a great capture,” Coen said. “It is more its presence and the energy that it does provide both in the classroom, in the meeting rooms as well in the field.”

Hunter became the first person in his immediate family to walk in a graduation ceremony when the stage was in Colorado on Thursday while wearing Jaguar pajama pants.

“That’s the first thing I asked Amazon when they recruited me,” Hunter said.

He put on his Jaguars shirt for the first time the next day. This was a bluish green. At some point soon, it is expected to be exchanging between the bluish and white green duration, the same practice. Or, as Hunter suggested, maybe he obtains his own color. No one would be surprised at a consultation, it is so unique.

Hunter caught 96 passes for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns last season in Colorado and obtained 35 cups, 11 breaks of passes, eight forced incomplete and four interceptions while allowing a touchdown.

The Jaguars intend to use it in a similar role this fall, planning to have it working as a slot receiver in the offensive and as a corner in certain packages in defense. It is a family territory for someone who played more snapshots (1,461) than no one in university football in 2024.

Hunter has already assumed a leadership role among rookies and hopes to do the same with the rest of his teammates. It could help you have two former types of Colorado around you, the defensive liner BJ Green II and the Silmon-Craig Chamber Safety.

Silmon-Craig and Hunter played for the first time in Jackson State in 2022 and have been teammates since then.

“He feels like a family here,” said Silmon-Craig. “It is a new everything here. We are just trying to change the culture here and build a culture. Why not get a couple of red boys?”

Colorado boy.

“It’s a way manufacturer, a game change, a phenomenal person,” said Silmon-Craig. “If he left here and does not dance a practice, I’m going to ask” you are okay? What happens? “

“That’s what he does. Dance and flies and has fun. That’s why I love him.”

Associated Press reports.

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